Film Reviews by RL

Yet another Marvel picture which ends up in a ridiculously drawn out fist fight. And what a surprise, the less bad guy wins. Such a pity, there are so many interesting sci-fi books more deserving of the cgi budget that's been spent on this tired, trashy source material.

Part documentary, part art house, this is a wonderfully photographed depiction of the purgatorial lives led in heavy mining and steel making in pursuit of China’s economic miracle. It is slow moving and with little narrative, except for some poetry based on Dante’s inferno. If you liked Koyaanisquatsi this is close.

Just in passing I think it is a bit unfair of DJ to blame capitalism as this was entirely under dirigiste communism, you'd never get away with it here.

Beautifully animated of course but I think we all knew Disney would eventually drown Pixar in a load of PC schmaltz.

So here we have previous male leads demoted to incompetence, all women to be super magnificent in all their life choices and of course a sequel too far since all sequels make money regardless.

Wonderful, someone has actually employed decent script writers for a change; has assumed the audience has more than the attention span of a goldfish and can cope with a cleverly revealed, non linear narrative; has not used shaky cam, hyperkinetic cutting nor cgi and has hired good actors to bring the characters to life. In the current days of Marvel and Disney I had almost given up hope. A proper film for adults. Well done.

This is a Noir/Art movie. That alone should let you know whether it’s for you or not. If you want a straight thriller be guided by the other reviews and avoid.

However I found it stylish and blackly amusing with a witty script and that clearly attracted the great cast. It’s visual feast and above all else manages to be novel in a time when so much is formulaic and safe. Plus I found it genuinely enjoyable.

Elizabeth Bennet goes to Pemberly; only with Asians in Singapore.

Unfortunately it is not Clueless II (This time it's multicultural)